• Chris Daniel is coming to India with an aim to address concerns around fake news on its messaging platform • CEO will also be discussing the impending launch of its payments services in the country • Whatsapp top executives and COO Matthew Idema had met IT Secretary and other Indian government officials last month to discuss on fake news

• Google will provide expertise with other organisations to develop new features • Google will also provide funding for nearly 20 global markets to support news organisations in building video operations

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• Senior executives from WhatsApp from the US and India met the Election Commission • They told the EC that WhatsApp will look out for spam messaging techniques in the run-up to state polls scheduled for 2018-end • WhatsApp emphasised its end-to-end encryption feature and protecting privacy